Assam's Sonitpur district has a dubious distinction. For the past six years, this district has withnessed the fastest rate of depletion of its forest cover in the country. Some 22,000 hectares of forest land have been destroyed. Minister of State for Forest and Environment Pradyut Bordoloi disclosed. Bordoloi, who was the chief guest at a meeting here to discuss business opportunities in bamboo, admitted that reserved forests in Assam have seen